The event comes a day after the failure of a similar one for members of the national assembly.
Though the presidency blamed the absence of lawmakers on clash of schedules, sources told TheCable that the legislators rejected the invitation to Aso Rock as a result of the charges against the leadership of the 8th senate.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy, Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Benedict Efeturi, his deputy, are facing charges of alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery of the senate standing rules, 2015.
The development is brewing a cold war between the legislative and executive arms of government.
On Wednesday, the senate halted the screening of ambassadorial nominees, asking Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, and Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs to appear before it, over alleged irregularities in the selection process of the envoys.
So far, it is only the lawmakers who have altered the dinning schedule of the president.
On Monday, Buhari hosted service chiefs, Tuesday, members of his cabinet, and Friday will be the turn of chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The same judges that will rule on apc interested cases. And you expect objective adjudication after this dinner and certain envelopes to follow? Trump was right, we need another hundred years of recolonization.
ReplyDeleteThis National Assembly has got to stop being used as a pencil in the hands of the President. They all are elected and all of them have their mandates and constitutional rights as two different arms of government. Dinner or no dinner is not the results Nigerians have been waiting for .
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